$ @kbd{tar -cf arch.tar --transform='s,^usr/,var/,' \
--verbose --show-transformed-names /}
@end smallexample
+
+If both @option{--strip-components} and @option{--transform} are used
+together, then @option{--transform} is applied first, and the required
+number of components is then stripped from its result.
@node after
@section Operating Only on New Files